Salem Methodist Church Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: The cemetery is north of Long’s Gap off US 21 on the hill behind the Salem United Methodist Church.
Directions: At the junction of Elk Creek Pkwy (US Hwy 21) and Salem Lane (Rt 667). The church at this junction on the north side of Elk Creek Pkwy with cemetery on the knoll approximately 25 yards west (behind church).
GPS Coordinates: N36.683865 W81.194916
Surveyed by: Ginger Ballard 14 May 2003
Comments: The cemetery opened 1928-29.The cemetery is fenced and maintained. The road leading up to the cemetery is steep but drivable.
Plaque at flagpole:
Dedicated to the veterans who so faithfully served our country in time of conflict:William A. Clark, Early S. Rhudy, William M. Boyer, Bert F. Robbins, Curtis H. Bolt, Carl H.Hash, Curtis W. Hash, Isaac K. Martin, Paul X. Bolt, Paul E. Byrd, Bain W. Adams, Jesse W. Bolt, Robert Hale Boyer
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| CORNETT, J. Paul | 30 Jul 1893 | 2 Apr 1973 | [Jasper Paul, s/o Fielden Henderson and Virginia Belle Cornett Cornett]; double stone with next |
| CORNETT, Texas G. | 21 Sep 1902 | 21 Apr 2000 | [death also transcribed as 31 Sep 1902] |
| TESTERMAN, Clinton | 1 Jan 1941 | double stone with next | |
| TESTERMAN, Helen | 26 Jun 1937 | 16 Apr 2000 | married 24 Oct 1959 |
| HOLBROOK, Carl | 18 Aug 1906 | 2 Jan 1995 | [s/o William Melvin and Demia Adeline Holbrook]; double stone with next |
| HOLBROOK, Mae | 17 Feb 1903 | 10 Oct 1987 | [d/o Ephesis Plier and Canzada Sexton Boyer; birth also read as 19 Feb 1903] |
| Row 2 | |||
| STAMPER, Chap B. | 10 Apr 1900 | 15 Aug 1991 | [s/o Preston and Sophinia Stamper]; double stone with next |
| STAMPER, Ida B. | 22 Jul 1897 | 3 May 1984 | [d/o Ivorn and Emma Bowers Billings] |
| Row 3 | |||
| BOLT, Jesse W. | 1 Sep 1930 | 9 Jun 1998 | PFC U.S. Army; [Jesse Willard, s/o James Paul and Blanche Harrington Bolt]; double stone with next |
| BOLT, Mary E. | 12 Jan 1931 | 4 Feb 1990 | [nee Stanley] |
| BYRD, Paul E. | 9 Oct 1911 | 3 Feb 1996 | PFC U.S. Army Air Corps World War II; double stone with next |
| BYRD, Ola Harrington | 26 Jul 1921 | children: Kenneth, Ronald | |
| BILLINGS, Edd F. | 9 Apr 1913 | 3 Apr 1983 | [s/o Ivorn and Emma Bowers Billings]; double stone with next |
| BILLINGS, Lessa H. | 18 Jul 1902 | 8 Feb 1977 | [nee Hagerman] |
| ELLER, William W. | 27 Mar 1888 | 21 Nov 1979 | [s/o Clark and Jane Eller]; double stone with next |
| ELLER, Lessie M. | 1 Dec 1895 | 26 Aug 1978 | [d/o Joe and Ludema Hash] |
| Row 4 | |||
| BOLT, Bettie | 7 Mar 1876 | 30 Apr 1935 | [third w/o James Bolt] |
| BOLT, J. Paul | 29 Sep 1907 | 8 May 1988 | [James Paul, s/o James and Bettie Bolt]; double stone with next |
| BOLT, Blanche H. | 13 Jul 1908 | 28 Jun 1991 | [d/o W. Rush and Vergie E. Harrington]; wed 27 Oct 1929 |
| HARRINGTON, Rush R. “Butch” | 19 Jul 1934 | 9 Jul 1985 | [s/o William Rush and Vergie Cornett Harrington]; double stone with next |
| HARRINGTON, Ruby A. | 8 Dec 1935 | [d/o Alvin and Naomi Atwood] | |
| HARRINGTON, W. Rush | 13 Sep 1880 | 23 Jul 1934 | [William Rush, s/o James Lee and Cleopatra Harrington]; double stone with next |
| HARRINGTON, Virgie E. | 20 May 1890 | 15 Jun 1981 | [Virgie Ethel, d/o Fielden and Virginia Belle Cornett Henderson] |
| PHELPS, Mitzi Carmen | 11 Apr 1963 | infant d/o Thomas Kyle Phelps | |
| PHELPS, Mary Emma | 14 Jul 1915 | 17 Nov 1938 | age 23 yrs 4 mos 3 days; [d/o Leslie and Donna Pugh Martin; 1st w/o Carl Phelps] |
| PHELPS, Thomas Kyle | 26 Jun 1938 | 24 Feb 1968 | [s/o Carl and Mary Emma Phelps] |
| BOWERS, Cora Billings | 12 Jan 1888 | 26 Aug 1970 | [2nd w/o E.P. Bowers] |
| BOWERS, E[phesis] P[lier] | 15 Aug 1875 | 20 Jan 1959 | [s/o Giles and Louise Bowers]; double stone with next |
| BOWERS, Cansyzada | 21 Sep 1881 | 3 Jun 1932 | [nee Sexton] |
| MARTIN, J. Glen | 1910 | 1967 | [s/o Roby L. and Agness B. Martin]; double stone with next |
| MARTIN, Grace G. | 1913 | [Therma Grace, /o Elijah and Myrtle Phillips Gordon] | |
| ROBBINS, Lawrence W. | 25 Feb 1919 | double stone with next | |
| ROBBINS, Margaret H. | 3 Apr 1920 | wed: 11 Jan 1941 | |
| SHAPIRO, Glee Eller | 1 Nov 1919 | ||
| RUTHERFORD, Brenda Kay | 1 Apr 1954 | 9 Aug 1993 | |
| Row 5 | |||
| BOLT, Kathy Dianne | 1962 | 1962 | [d/o Curtis H. and Ruby Thompson Bolt] |
| BOLT, Curtis H. | 29 Jun 1935 | 6 Feb 1985 | [Curtis Harrington, s/o James Paul and Blanche Harrington Bolt; m1 Ruby Thompson, m2 Drema Cyrus] |
| BOLT, Paul X. | 9 Nov 1932 | 19 Nov 1991 | Sp3 U.S. Army Korea; [s/o James Paul and Blanche Harrington Bolt; m1 Leanna Cox, m2 Celia Casstevens] |
| PHELPS, Robert A. | 9 Jan 1886 | 19 Aug 1967 | [s/o Calvin and Martha Phelps]; double stone with next |
| PHELPS, Nora D. | 14 Apr 1887 | 11 Dec 1956 | [d/o Lewis and Katherine Funk] |
| PHELPS, J. Carl | 7 Sep 1916 | 1 Nov 2000 | double stone with next |
| PHELPS, Elno A. | 4 Feb 1917 | 16 May 1998 | |
| BOWERS, Alex A. | 29 Sep 1904 | 6 Aug 1972 | [s/o Ephesis Plier and Canzada Sexton Bowers] |
| BOWERS, Lillian Boyer | 24 May 1904 | 17 Mar 1959 | [d/o John Winton and Lena E. Boyer] |
| Row 6 | |||
| WRIGHT, Clarence M. | 29 Oct 1907 | 12 Jun 1984 | [s/o Robert and Elsie Wright]; double stone with next |
| WRIGHT, Ethel Bolt | 2 Apr 1910 | 17 Jan 2002 | [d/o James and Bettie Bolt] |
| WRIGHT, Infant | 19 Jul 1936 | infant of Ethel and Clarence Wright | |
| BOLT, Leon G. | 1935 | 1998 | double stone with next |
| BOLT, Charlotte A. | 1938 | married 12 Feb 1955 | |
| BOLT, Garnett | 16 Sep 1893 | 23 Jan 1978 | [s/o James and Ennis Ward Bolt]; double stone with next |
| BOLT, Artance C. | 3 Mar 1894 | 24 Jan 1977 | [Nellie Artance, d/o Bettie Cox] |
| BOYER, Elbert W. | 1866 | 1953 | [Elbert Winton, s/o Churchwell and Amanda Hale Boyer]; double stone with next |
| BOYER, Dixie L. | 1882 | 1957 | [nee Dixie Lee Roberts; raised by Frank and Jane Houk] |
| RHUDY, Early S. | 1894 | 1952 | [s/o William Edd and Amelia Rhudy]; double stone with next |
| RHUDY, Lela B. | 1896 | 1983 | [d/o L. Watson and L. Ellen Boyer] |
| BOYER, L. Ellen | 13 Mar 1854 | 6 Dec 1936 | [d/o Johnson and Margaret Stone Boyer]; double stone with next |
| BOYER, L. Watson | 25 Jun 1869 | 14 Jun 1936 | [s/o Churchwell and Amanda Hale Boyer] |
| BOYER, Dwight C. | 10 Apr 1910 | 22 Sep 1985 | [Dwight Carson, s/o Curtis Winton and Sally Daniel Boyer]; double stone with next |
| BOYER, Gladys P. | 22 May 1918 | 2 Oct 1999 | married 17 Dec 1938; [d/o Charlie and Josie Poe; SSDI lists death as 15 Oct 1999] |
| ADAMS, Bain William | 6 Mar 1918 | 25 Feb 1998 | Cpl U.S. Army World War II; double stone with next |
| ADAMS, Ila “Billie” | 21 Mar 1924 | 27 Sep 1999 | |
| Row 7 | |||
| DELP, Howard | [1 Jun] 1938 | [1 May] 2003 | metal marker |
| BOLT, Jeffery Dennis | 5 May 1962 | 5 Dec 1978 | [s/o Leon and Charlotte Bolt] |
| BOLT, Roby Dean | 27 Sep 1912 | 25 Oct 1912 | s/o Garnett and Artance Bolt |
| BOLT, D. Plat | 1932 | age 27 days; [Dannie Plat, s/o Garnett B. and Nellie Artance Cox Bolt] | |
| BOYER, Richard | [s/o Elbert W. and Dixie Lee Boyer]; double stone with next | ||
| BOYER, Deloris | 4 Nov 1990 | married 22 Feb 1951; [d/o Sherman and Ruth Hawks] | |
| BOYER, John F. | 1916 | 1989 | [John Franklin, s/o Elbert W. and Dixie Lee Boyer]; double stone with next |
| BOYER, Virginia H. | 1916 | 2000 | [d/o Rufus Winton and Mary Josephine Boyer Hawks] |
| COLLINS, Jacob L. | 1891 | 1967 | [s/o John E. and Nancy Caroline Collins; 2nd h/o Lela Boyer Rhudy] |
| ROBBINS, Thomas Fielden | 29 Nov 1904 | 21 Oct 1996 | [s/o William and Ellen Cornett Robbins]; double stone with next |
| ROBBINS, Rosalee H. | 2 Aug 1911 | 23 Mar 1996 | [d/o Bruce and Cynthia Hash Hackler] |
| Row 8 | |||
| TAYLOR, A. Kyle, Rev. | 1890 | 1971 | [s/o John and Mattie Pollard Taylor]; double stone with next |
| TAYLOR, Malissie C. | 1891 | 1969 | [d/o Reuben and Emily Cornett] |
| TAYLOR, John N. | 1909 | 1961 | [John Norman, s/o Rev. A. Kyle and Malissie Taylor]; double stone with next |
| TAYLOR, Ella Mae | 1916 | [d/o Roby and Agnes Martin] | |
| MARTIN, Roby Lee | 5 Jul 1883 | 9 Sep 1974 | s/o Isaac and Polly Martin; double stone with next |
| MARTIN, Agnes B. | 31 May 1887 | 20 Dec 1973 | [Nannie Agnes, d/o James and Ennis Ward Bolt] |
| MARTIN, Katie Virginia | 14 Dec 1912 | 2 Feb 1913 | [d/o Bob (Roby) and Agnes Martin] |
| THOMPSON, Oscar T. | 20 Jun 1886 | 15 Jun 1972 | double stone with next |
| THOMPSON, Laura E. | 2 Mar 1887 | 30 Jun 1970 | [d/o Clark and Jane Eller] |
| THOMPSON, Garland | 12 Feb 1906 | 21 Apr 1980 | [s/o Oscar T. and Laura E. Thompson]; double stone with next |
| THOMPSON, Beulah | 12 Sep 1907 | 27 Jan 1984 | [d/o Robert A. and Nora D. Phelps]; married 1 Jan 1926 |
| ATKINS, Katie Mae | 16 Nov 1908 | 25 Jul 1990 | [d/o John Winton and Lena Hale Boyer; 3rd w/o John W. Atkins]; stone fallen |
| BOYER, John W. | 9 Mar 1859 | 7 Apr 1949 | [John Winton, s/o Johnson and Margaret (Peggy) Stone Boyer]; double stone with next |
| BOYER, Lena E. | 22 Oct 1881 | 23 May 1969 | [d/o Nicholus and Mary Pollard Hale] |
| GRUBB, Pauline Pinion | 25 Jan 1943 | 27 Jun 1966 | [d/o Wayne and Addie Pinion; w/o Raybon Grubb] |
| Row 9 | |||
| CORNETT, Emily | 25 Dec 1849 | 5 Jan 1941 | [d/o Wright and Eliza Cassell Wright; w/o Reuben Cornett]; erected by her daughter Julia Jernigan |
| MARTIN, Isaac K. | 2 Jul 1914 | 24 Feb 1983 | [Isaac Koontz, s/o Roby L. and Agnes B. Martin]; double stone with next |
| MARTIN, Mary V. | 6 Jul 1921 | 6 Apr 1994 | [Mary Violet] |
| MARTIN, Infant | 27 Apr 1938 | infant of Isaac and Mary Martin | |
| ANDERS, Don | 11 Feb 1932 | 26 Oct 1994 | double stone with next |
| ANDERS, Ruby | 22 Jul 1934 | children: Kip, Debbie, Terry, Tony, Lorrie | |
| BOYER, Robert H. | 19 Dec 1916 | 13 Dec 2000 | double stone with next |
| BOYER, Nannie P. | 23 Aug 1923 | ||
| HUDSON, Leonard J. | 18 May 1924 | 27 Aug 2000 | |
| PINION, Addie | 1919 | 2003 | metal marker |
| WRIGHT, Kevin J. | 8 Nov 1979 | 15 Jan 1990 | [Kevin Joe, s/o Joe and Nancy Pinion Wright] |
| Row 10 | |||
| EDWARDS, Walter W. | 1892 | 1940 | [s/o Dosie Edwards Owens]; double stone with next |
| EDWARDS, Bessie D. | 1895 | 1996 | [d/o Ivorn and Emma Bowers Billings] |
| EDWARDS, Warren H. | 3 Dec 1921 | 3 Jan 1979 | [s/o Walter W. and Bessie D. Edwards]; double stone with next |
| EDWARDS, Grace T. | 15 Jul 1916 | 9 Nov 1988 | [m1 Edd Fine, m2 Warren H. Edwards] |
| HASH, Carl H. | 13 Feb 1925 | 24 Mar 1945 | [s/o Steve C. and Sallie Marie Hash] |
| BREWER, Ethel Hash | 22 Jan 1930 | 15 Aug 1955 | [d/o Steve C. and Sallie Marie Hash; w/o Dewey Brewer] |
| HASH, Steve C. | 18 Sep 1900 | 28 Sep 1992 | [s/o Joe and Ludema Hash]; double stone with next |
| HASH, Sallie Marie | 14 May 1902 | 24 Mar 1983 | [d/o John and Mary Poole; death also recorded as 1982] |
| HARRINGTON, Fred | 1927 | 2002 | metal marker |
| BOYER, William M. | 7 Sep 1901 | 1 Apr 1957 | [William McKinley, s/o John Winton and Lena Hale Boyer]; double stone with next |
| BOYER, Kate H. | 5 Nov 1910 | [2003] | [d/o William Rush and Virgie Ethel Cornett Harrington]; recent burial |
| ROBBINS, Bert F. | 18 Jan 1907 | 3 Apr 1980 | CM1 U.S. Navy World War II; [s/o William and Ellen Cornett Robbins]; double stone with next |
| ROBBINS, Virginia C. | 19 Aug 1917 | [nee Frazier] | |
| Row 11 | |||
| OWENS, Dossie A. | 12 Apr 1875 | 17 Apr 1958 | double stone with next |
| OWENS, Clarence G. | 6 Mar 1885 | 13 Feb 1964 | |
| HASH, Curtis N./W. | 18 May 1941 | 7 Nov 1962 | [s/o Steve C. and Sallie Marie Hash] |
| CORNETT, Pearl J. | 1886 | 1935 | [d/o Kenley C. and Mary Wright Cornett]; double stone with next |
| CORNETT, Fielden B. | 1881 | 1971 | [s/o Jasper and Linnie Cannoy Cornett] |
| POOLE, Hazel Boyer | 7 Jan 1915 | 20 Feb 1999 | [See next stone for apparent duplication.] |
| BOYER, Hazel P. | 7 Jan 1915 | [d/o John C. and Etta T. Boyer; w/o Steve Poole]; joint stone with next | |
| BOYER, John C. | 30 Mar 1888 | 6 Nov 1969 | [John Coy, s/o Wiley Morgan and Matilda Elizabeth Coomes Boyer]; joint stone with next |
| BOYER, Etta T. | 7 Aug 1875 | 23 Oct 1959 | [d/o Nicolas Hale; w/o John Coy Boyer] |
| Row 12 | |||
| POE, James M. | 30 Aug 1862 | 1 Jul 1950 | [s/o William and Peggy Poe; h/o Isabelle Poe] |
| POE, W. Charlie | 1892 | 1977 | [s/o James M. and Isabelle Poe]; double stone with next |
| POE, Josie B. | 1900 | 1976 | [d/o Belle Zona Bowers] |
| BOWERS, Belle Z. | 9 Jun 1883 | 9 Mar 1968 | [Belle Zona, d/o Giles and Louise Bowers] |
| WINGATE, Thomas | 14 Aug 1865 | 11 Jun 1949 | [s/o Wright and Eliza Cassell Wingate]; double stone with next |
| WINGATE, Etta Boyer | 30 Nov 1869 | 8 Nov 1952 | [d/o Johnson and Margaret Stone Boyer] |
| SIMS, Charley Richard | 29 Jul 1914 | 29 Jul 1914 | [s/o Edward Preston and Buena Vista Sims] |
| SIMS, Buena Vista | 1884 | 1929 | [d/o Kenley C. and Mary Wright Cornett; w/o E.P. Sims] |
| SIMS, Edward Preston | 1882 | 1954 | [Footstone reads, “L.M.M.”. No one seems to know why this “unrelated” footstone is placed in this cemetery.] |
| ATKINS, John W. | 1868 | 1950 | [s/o Martin F and Melinda Austin Atkins; m1 Siddie Elizabeth Boyer, m2 Lillian Cedella Cornett, m3 Katie Mae Boyer]; double stone with next |
| ATKINS, Lillian C. | 1871 | 1943 | [Lillian Cedella, d/o Kenley C. and Mary Wright Cornett] |
| Row 13 | |||
| HALSEY, Vivian C. | 10 May 1908 | 24 Dec 1981 | [s/o Jack and Ada Halsey; birth also recorded as 10 May 1907]; double stone with next |
| HALSEY, Louise B. | 19 Sep 1910 | 26 Oct 2000 | [d/o John Winton and Lena Hale Boyer] |
| CLARK, William Aaron | 13 Apr 1895 | 17 Jun 1969 | Va Pvt Co 162 Inf 155 Div World War I |
| CLARK, Ethel C. | 1888 | 1964 | [Lattie Ethel, d/o Kenley C and Mary Wright Cornett; w/o William Aaren Clark] |
| BILLINGS, James E. | 31 Jan 1936 | 26 Apr 1999 | |